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Eric Klinenberg @ericklinenberg.bsky.social · 1h

For those of you keeping score, 18-22 year-old students calling for an end to slaughter in Gaza are so racist they need to be expelled or deported, but 24-35 year-olds celebrating Hitler, rape, and, um, racism are just kids being kids so chill.

Also, racism is over so no need for Voting Right Act.

JD Vance brushes off racist texts by adults in Republican group chat as ‘what kids do’

Vice-president downplays messages such as ‘I love Hitler’ in chat by 24 to 35-year-olds to ‘stupid jokes’

www.theguardian.com

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Dave - Need a Con Soon! @whovian223.bsky.social · 11h

I have no idea! It’s creeping me out

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Dave - Need a Con Soon! @whovian223.bsky.social · 12h

Almost 100 new followers in the last few hours? Hope you like boardgames!

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David Burbach 🌹 @dburbach.bsky.social · 20h

Neanderthal GenX male here, and in private with my gaming friends, at my mostly blue collar white high school, we never, ever used the n-word in our trash talk.

Brad Duplessis @bradduplessis.bsky.social · 20h

The evolution of InfantryDork continues to play out in the most predictable of ways… @mikeblack114.bsky.social @sharonk.bsky.social

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Psycho Pete @psychopete.bsky.social · 20h

Updated the No Kings protest guide. Expect MAGA agitators—some likely state-planted. Do not take the bait. No violence. No thrones. Just strategy. 📖 Best advice I could find gather on how to deal with agitators: psychopete1.substack.com/p/this-one-matters-a-no-kings-protest

This One Matters: A "No Kings" Protest Guide

For Oct 18 and beyond ...

psychopete1.substack.com

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Greg Morosoff @gregmorosoff.bsky.social · 20h

Yes. This has been making the social media rounds.
The thing is, this is so spot on it NEEDS to be making the rounds.

Let them clutch fucking pearls all they want.
A racist Nazi is still a racist Nazi.

#TheAlliedForces

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Dave - Need a Con Soon! @whovian223.bsky.social · 1d

She also added that she had to make a choice, and knew that not everyone was going to be pleased no matter what choice was made.

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Dave - Need a Con Soon! @whovian223.bsky.social · 1d

Kai actually posted this on Discord: "The boxes over 3" don't travel as well, the corners tend to blow out more often. It seems to me that the CC games get hauled to a lot of conventions, tournaments, and personal game days, so I wanted to be sure the box was as sturdy as possible."

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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 1d

Oh boy! A good old fashioned impersonator. Following all women…ew.

Seriously, ladies. I will NOT slide into your DMs. Do not send “me” money or lewds. I’ve reported, but multiple reports can’t hurt.

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Dave - Need a Con Soon! @whovian223.bsky.social · 1d

I've added my Final Girl reviews to the header menu on my blog, because I'm going to do a lot of them! Right now only two, but a third is coming soon. dudetakeyourturn.ca @vanrydergames.bsky.social

Dude! Take Your Turn!

A Gaming Life

dudetakeyourturn.ca

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Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 1d

Incredible photo from @chicago.suntimes.com ‘s Anthony Vazquez. Pointing what looks to be a teargas launcher at someone’s head at nearly point blank range is incredibly dangerous. This is why I prefer a ballistic helmet in the field.

Feds ram SUV in chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd

The crash happened late Tuesday morning near 105th Street and Avenue N on Chicago's East Side, resulting in dozens of residents showing up to protest the federal immigration agents.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Victorious Boo Bleue @bwellsmc.bsky.social · 1d

Been waiting to see a headline like this. They aim to kill autistic people. My heart breaks for this family.

Stand up for us! They will not stop at us.

You are next.

This must not stand

Ruth Delgado @heylookitsruth.bsky.social · 2d

A mom in Houston reported her 15-year-old son with autism missing. She spent 6 days terrified, searching for him. The whole time, Houston police knew exactly where he was since they helped ICE place him in a refugee facility.

This is beyond cruel.
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Missing teen with autism transferred to refugee facility by HPD

He is currently being held at an Office for Refugee Resettlement facility.

www.houstonchronicle.com

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Dave - Need a Con Soon! @whovian223.bsky.social · 1d

Happy early birthday!!!! (Since I might miss it tomorrow)

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CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 1d

damn, the GOP's so racist these days that they're gonna make me wear out my one good shitpost

A slight variation on the classic Onion headline: "Why Do All These White Nationalists Keep Infiltrating My Political Movement?"

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Dave - Need a Con Soon! @whovian223.bsky.social · 2d

Holy crap!!!!

Scarred For Life @scarredforlife.bsky.social · 2d

Final Destination had nothing on British public information films.

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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 2d

The phone number for the U.S. Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121. #epstein

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Dave - Need a Con Soon! @whovian223.bsky.social · 2d

Awesome! Half-way through The Witchwood Crown and really enjoying it!

Deborah Beale @mrstad.bsky.social · 2d

📚 💙
@tadwilliams in Germany for 3 weeks, tour deets etc at his FB page: facebook.com/AuthorTadWil...

Redirecting...

facebook.com

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 2d

* Over 20,000 Palestinians killed since January
* 100s starved to death, including kids
* Congress bypassed to send more & more bombs to Israel
* US citizens murdered in the West Bank

I hope this ceasefire holds & I am glad the hostages are free, but this is Trump’s *actual record* so far.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 2d

Just in case the dramatically low Leni Riefenstahl-style angle was too subtle, they used a word from her most famous movie

Time magazine cover featuring a photo of Trump from a dramatically low angle

HIS
TRIUMPH
by ERIC CORTELLESSA
THE LEADER ISRAEL NEEDED
by EHUD BARAK
HOW GAZA HEALS

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 2d

🚨After being tased and beaten by ICE, a man dies in a Chicago hospital. Date and location in following post. These are the horrors of 2025 and we cannot look away. 1/2

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Dave - Need a Con Soon! @whovian223.bsky.social · 2d

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Combat Commander - After Action Report - Scenario M8 - Closing Outer Camp @gmtgames.bsky.social

Combat Commander – After Action Report – Scenario M8 – Closing Outer Camp

Some months the luck gods strike you down, and some months the luck gods...well, don't. They still needle you some, but maybe they decide to strike somebody else down instead? That's Combat Commander in a nutshell! Yes, it's time for another adventure from the Combat Commander ladder (trademark: Patrick), that monthly tournament of one of the greatest games out there.

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Dave - Need a Con Soon! @whovian223.bsky.social · 2d

Not to mention that all of those Tea Party people 15 years ago must have been paid too, right?

Same logic

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Sarah Longwell @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social · 2d

Find your local No Kings peaceful protest: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=h...

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

www.nokings.org

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Dave - Need a Con Soon! @whovian223.bsky.social · 2d

Yep! I’m sure the Jewish Space Lasers are still in her mind, but nice to hear the cracks form

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3d

Crazy week.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 3d

People are spontaneously posting up near any laborers or street vendors they spot. Just saw a rapid responder guarding a man working on a building exterior. Many things are terrible today but lord, this stuff matters.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 3d

There are a tremendous number of ICE watchers out in Rogers Park this afternoon after some early morning abductions.

People are guarding churches and patrolling alleyways. Ran into Alderperson Hadden. First timers tell us they're primed and ready to use their whistles.

Know your rights flyer in Spanish on street pole

Alderperson Maria Hadden on street corner

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